Wearable Tech That Lets You Feel, Gives Directions

3/20/2014 3:28PM

How would you like to attend a football game and feel what the players are feeling? Or maybe you'd like your jacket to tell you how to get somewhere in a new city? Billie Whitehouse, founder, designer and director of Wearable Experiments, explains why the next wearable tech might be invisible. Photo: Wearable Experiments.

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